Carve Her Name with Pride 1958  N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Jack Warner, Denise Grey, Alain Saury, Maurice Ronet, Anne Leon, Sydney Tafler, Avice Landone, Nicole Stephane, Noel Willman, Bill Owen, Billie Whitelaw, William Mervyn, Michael Goodliffe
This story is based on the real life of Violette Szabo (Virginia McKenna) who joined the British secret service during World War II. Her husband (Alain Saury) had just been killed in North Africa, but Violette left her baby girl behind and parachuted into enemy territory to begin work as a British agent. Violette was captured and sent to a concentration camp where she was tortured and finally executed. Her bravery in not revealing British secrets earned her (posthumously) the George Cross.
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Charlie Bubbles 1968 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Albert Finney
Cast: Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Colin Blakely, Liza Minnelli, Timothy Garland, Alan Lake, Richard Pearson, Peter Sallis, Charles Lamb, Nicholas Phipps
Charlie's (Albert Finney) life seems to revolve around only three relationships–his wife Lottie (Billie Whitelaw), son Jack (Timothy Garland), and his secretary Eliza (Liza Minnelli)–until he decides to try life on his own and sails off in an orange hot-air balloon.
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Deadly Advice 1993 R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Mandie Fletcher
Cast: Jane Horrocks, Brenda Fricker, Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce, Edward Woodward, Billie Whitelaw, Hywel Bennett, Jonathan Hyde, John Mills, Eleanor Bron, Ian Abbey, Roger Frost, Gareth Gwyn-Jones, Richard Moore
Jodie (Jane Horrocks) is fed up with her overpowering mother, Iris (Brenda Fricker). One night, the ghost of Major Herbert Armstrong (Edward Woodward) visits her and gives advice on murder, for which he is an expert because he killed his own wife years ago. Jodie listens, grabs an axe, kills her mother, and gets sister Beth (Imelda Staunton) to help hide the body. Now, problems ensue between Jodie and Beth. After another visit–this time from known murderer Dr. Crippen (Hywel Bennett)–Jodie again picks up the axe and kills Beth. Where and when will it all end?
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The Flesh and the Fiends 1959 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Fiendish Ghouls
Mania
Psycho Killers
Director: John Gilling
Cast: Peter Cushing, June Laverick, Donald Pleasence, George Rose, Renee Houston, Dermot Walsh, Billie Whitelaw, John Cairney, Melvyn Hayes, June Powell
Dr. Knox (Peter Cushing) requires cadavers for his research, and the corpse suppliers resort to killing the locals to provide the needed bodies. Things get sticky when the good doctor's girlfriend shows up as a specimen. A good tale, though some gory parts–a few of which have been deleted in the various rereleases.
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Freddie as F.R.O.7 1992  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Jon Acevski
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Jenny Agutter, Billie Whitelaw, Brian Blessed, John Sessions, Nigel Hawthorne, Michael Hordern, Jonathan Pryce, Prunella Scales, Phyllis Logan, James Earl Jones, Victor Maddern
In this animated film, French secret agent Freddie (a human-sized frog) is called onto a case in England. His mission is to prevent an evil takeover of the world.
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Frenzy 1972  R, 116 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Anna Massey, Alec McCowen, Vivien Merchant, Billie Whitelaw, Jean Marsh, Michael Bates, Bernard Cribbins
Richard Blaney (Jon Finch) is the prime suspect in the necktie murders of his wife (Barbara Leigh-Hunt) and girlfriend (Anna Massey). Scotland Yard inspector Oxford (Alec McCowen) solves the case. Another great Alfred Hitchcock film.
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Gumshoe 1971 PG, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Mystery
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay, Janice Rule, Carolyn Seymour, Fulton Mackay, George Innes, George Silver, Bill Dean, Wendy Richard, Maureen Lipman, Neville Smith, Oscar James, Joe Kenyon, Bert King
Comedian and nightclub bingo caller Eddie Ginley (Albert Finney) dreams of becoming a detective. Despite warnings from his brother and sister-in-law William and Ellen (Frank Finlay and Billie Whitelaw), Eddie uses a newspaper to advertise his services as a private-eye. He is hired by Jacob De Fries (George Silver) and soon finds himself involved in drug and gun smuggling as well as dealing with members of the South African liberation movement.
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Hell Is a City 1960 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Val Guest
Cast: Stanley Baker, John Crawford, Donald Pleasence, Maxine Audley, Billie Whitelaw, Joseph Tomelty, George A. Cooper, Geoffrey Frederick, Vanda Godsell, Charles Houston
Veteran police inspector Martineau (Stanley Baker) is on the trail of an escaped criminal, who Martineau believes is headed back to his home in Manchester to recover stolen jewels that resulted in the jail sentence. When a bank clerk is murdered and the money she was carrying disappears, Martineau knows he's on the right track and proceeds to get the entire gang until only the escapee is left. Good suspense as the final confrontation approaches.
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 Hot Fuzz 2007   R, 121 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama
Director: Edgar Wright
Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent, Paddy Considine, Timothy Dalton, Bill Nighy, Billie Whitelaw, Martin Freeman, Robert Popper, Eric Mason, Timothy Barlow, Steve Coogan, Edward Woodward, Olivia Colman, Peter Wight
Sergeant Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) annoys his fellow London police officers with his by-the-book procedures and an arrest record that is 400% higher than any of the other officers. As a result, Angel is sent to the quiet village of Sandford, which is far away from the London police force. In Sandford, Angel is partnered with very eager Danny Butterman (Nick Frost) who is the son of Sandford's police chief Frank Butterman (Jim Broadbent). As an action-movie fan, Danny is excited about being teamed up with someone of Angel's reputation, but the rest of the Sandford police do not appreciate having Angel on its force. Angel is not convinced that the quiet town of Sandford is what it seems, and when a crime wave involving accidents hits Sandford, Angel rises to the occasion–with Danny close behind.
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Jane Eyre 1996 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, William Hurt, Joan Plowright, Anna Paquin, Geraldine Chaplin, Fiona Shaw, John Wood, Josephine Serre, Billie Whitelaw, Maria Schneider, Nic Knight, Nicola Howard, Sasha Graff, Amanda Root, Leanne Rowe
This is Charlotte Bronte's classic tale of the persecuted girl, Jane Eyre (Charlotte Gainsbourg), who rises in life with her heartless aunt, Mrs. Reed (Fiona Shaw), and the repressive school run by the tyrannical Mr. Brocklehurst (John Wood). Following graduation, Jane is hired to care for a young child (Josephine Serre) and is taken under the wing of the maternal Mrs. Fairfax (Joan Plowright). Jane then finds her brooding soul mate in her master, Edward Rochester (William Hurt).
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The Last of the Blonde Bombshells 2000 PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Cast: Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Leslie Caron, Olympia Dukakis, Cleo Laine, Joan Sims, Billie Whitelaw, June Whitfield, Thelma Ruby, Valentine Pelka
A seasoned cast brings energy and fun to this lighthearted film. Elizabeth (Judi Dench) played the sax in the all-girl (except for friend Patrick (Ian Holm) who played in drag) swing band–the Blonde Bombshells–during WWII. Fifty years later, after her husband dies, she pulls out the sax and before you know it, she and Patrick are searching for the rest of the band to once again tour.
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Maurice 1987 R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Ivory
Cast: James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves, Denholm Elliott, Simon Callow, Billie Whitelaw, Ben Kingsley, Barry Foster, Judy Parfitt, Phoebe Nicholls, Patrick Godfrey, Mark Tandy
Two Cambridge underclassmen (James Wilby and Hugh Grant) fall in love with each other and then find diverse ways of dealing with homosexuality in the class society of Edwardian England.
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Mr. Topaze 1962 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: I Like Money
Director: Peter Sellers
Cast: Peter Sellers, Nadia Gray, Herbert Lom, Leo McKern, Martita Hunt, John Neville, Michael Gough, Billie Whitelaw, John Le Mesurier, Anne Leon
Based on Marcel Pagnot's satire, this is the story of a timid schoolteacher (Peter Sellers) who is duped into keeping silent about an unscrupulous scam. Remake of 1933's "Topaze."
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 Night Watch 1973 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Brian G. Hutton
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Billie Whitelaw, Robert Lang, Tony Britton, Bill Dean, Rosario Serrano, Michael Danvers-Walker, Pauline Jameson, Linda Hayden, Kevin Colson, Laon Maybanke
Wealthy widow Ellen Wheeler (Elizabeth Taylor) has recently married John (Laurence Harvey), but she is not happy. One night, Ellen looks out her window and thinks she sees a murder taking place outside her home. John tells her that she has imagined the murder, but her friend Sara (Billie Whitelaw) sympathizes with her. Ellen appears to be headed for a mental breakdown. Did she or didn't she see the murder being committed?
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 The Omen 1976 R, 111 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw, Leo McKern, Harvey Stephens, Patrick Troughton, Martin Benson, Anthony Nicholls, Robert Rietty, Tommy Duggan, John Stride, Holly Palance, Sheila Raynor, Roy Boyd
The son of Satan is raised by a very nice couple, American Ambassador Robert Thorn and his wife Katherine (Gregory Peck and Lee Remick). Five years before, they had replaced their baby who did not survive childbirth with another. Now, a series of deaths have occurred, and their young boy, Damien (Harvey Stephens), is a suspect. Could he be the Antichrist?
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Quills 2000 R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Kaufman
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Malahide, Amelia Warner, Jane Mehelaus, Michael Jenn, Tony Pritchard
While the Marquis de Sade (Geoffrey Rush) is confined to an asylum under the care of Dr. Royer-Collard (Michael Caine), he is encouraged to purge his evil thoughts. But the Marquis has other plans and utilizes the services of Madeline (Kate Winslet), a laundress in the asylum, to smuggle his erotic novels to the public. Rush was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor and Joaquin Phoenix was nominated for Supporting Actor.
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 The Secret Garden 1987 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Alan Grint
Cast: Gennie James, Barret Oliver, Jadrien Steele, Michael Hordern, Billie Whitelaw, Derek Jacobi, Lucy Gutteridge, Colin Firth, Julian Glover, Margaret Whiting
Due largely to the good cast, this is an enjoyable made-for-TV retelling of Frances Hodgson Burnett's story. After orphaned and spoiled Mary (Gennie James) arrives at her uncle's (Derek Jacobi) dank, dark mansion, life changes for everyone.
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The Sleeping Tiger 1954 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Joseph Losey
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Alexis Smith, Alexander Knox, Hugh Griffith, Patricia McCarron, Maxine Audley, Glyn Houston, Harry Towb, Russell Waters, Billie Whitelaw, Fred Griffiths, Esma Cannon
Frank Clements (Dirk Bogarde) breaks into the home of criminal psychologist Dr. Clive Esmond (Alexander Knox) who, after catching him, offers to help Frank reform and give up his life of crime. The rehabilitation begins, but Clive's wife Glenda (Alexis Smith), who doesn't care for Frank at first, is finally seduced by him–and that is when Frank decides that he really wants to reform. But, Glenda has other ideas and convinces Frank to get into her car, which she drives off a cliff. Glenda is killed, but Frank manages to survive.
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Start the Revolution Without Me 1970 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bud Yorkin
Cast: Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith, Jack MacGowran, Billie Whitelaw, Victor Spinetti, Orson Welles, Graham Stark, Harry Fowler, Murray Melvin
Set during the French Revolution, this is a good comedy about two sets of twins who were mixed at birth. Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland take on dual roles for both sets of twins.
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 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1968 TV, 128 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Thriller
aka: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Director: Charles Jarrott
Cast: Jack Palance, Leo Genn, Oskar Homolka, Billie Whitelaw, Denholm Elliott, Tessie O'Shea, Torin Thatcher, Duncan Lamont, Gillie Fenwick, Joe Austin, Rex Sevenoaks, Elizabeth Cole, Paul Harding, Jeanette Landis, Liza Creighton
Jack Palance plays the title roles of both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The story is about the good Dr. Jekyll who turns himself into the evil Mr. Hyde through his experiments in his lab. Dr. Jekyll becomes addicted to enjoying the life of his long-repressed hedonistic personality of Mr. Hyde. Then, he murders his associate after being blackmailed, and this leads to a brutal confrontation with the police at the medical academy.
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A Tale of Two Cities 1980 TV, 156 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jim Goddard
Cast: Chris Sarandon, Peter Cushing, Kenneth More, Barry Morse, Flora Robson, Billie Whitelaw, Alice Krige, Nigel Hawthorne, Norman Jones, George Innes, Bernard Hug, Robert Urquhart, Anna Manahan
Sydney Carton (Chris Sarandon) has fallen love with Lucie (Alice Krige), but she marries the aristocrat Charles Damay (also played by Chris Sarandon), not knowing of Sydney's love for her. Later, the seeds for the French Revolution are sown, and Charles has been arrested and is condemned to die by the guillotine. Sydney hatches a selfless plot to replace Charles and allow him to return to Lucie.
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Twisted Nerve 1968 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Roy Boulting
Cast: Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Billie Whitelaw, Phyllis Calvert, Frank Finlay, Barry Foster, Salmaan Peerzada, Thorley Walters, Christian Roberts, Timothy West, Gretchen Franklin, Clifford Cox, Robin Parkinson, Russell Napier, Mollie Maureen
Martin (Hywel Bennett) is 21 years old, but when he suffers from stress, Martin takes on the personality of a six-year-old "Georgie." After Martin is caught stealing a toy duck to give to his mongoloid brother, Susan (Hayley Mills) talks the store manager out of pressing charges. When his stepfather (Frank Finlay) hears of the incident, he throws Martin out of the house, and "Georgie" moves into the boarding house of Susan's mother (Billie Whitelaw). Murders ensue when Martin kills his stepfather and then Susan's mother as his solution to problems in his life.
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The Water Babies 1978 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy / Musical
aka: Slip Slide Adventures
Director: Lionel Jeffries
Cast: James Mason, Billie Whitelaw, Bernard Cribbins, Joan Greenwood, David Tomlinson, Tommy Pender, Samantha Gates, Paul Luty, Jon Pertwee, Olive Gregg, Lance Percival, David Jason, Cass Allan, Liz Proud, Una Stubbs
In 1850s' England, twelve-year-old, chimney sweep apprentice Tom (Tommy Pender) escapes after being framed for a theft, and he leaps into Dead Man's Pool. Tom is sucked into the magical civilization of Water Babies that are held captive by an eel (voice of Bernard Cribbins) and a shark (voice of James Mason). Tom helps the Water Babies escape from the lake and gain freedom in the ocean. Now, Tom can return home where he finds the thieves, clears his name, and lives happily ever after. A cast of character actors provides the voices of the animated Water Babies that live under the sea in this film that mixes live-action with animation.
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| 1. Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
2. Charlie Bubbles (1968)
3. Deadly Advice (1993)
4. The Flesh and the Fiends (1959)
aka: The Fiendish Ghouls
aka: Mania
aka: Psycho Killers
5. Freddie as F.R.O.7 (1992)
6. Frenzy (1972)
7. Gumshoe (1971)
8. Hell Is a City (1960)
9. Hot Fuzz (2007)
10. Jane Eyre (1996)
11. The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000)
12. Maurice (1987)
13. Mr. Topaze (1962)
aka: I Like Money
14. Night Watch (1973)
15. The Omen (1976)
16. Quills (2000)
17. The Secret Garden (1987)
18. The Sleeping Tiger (1954)
19. Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
20. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968)
aka: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
21. A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
22. Twisted Nerve (1968)
23. The Water Babies (1978)
aka: Slip Slide Adventures
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